Overview of

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

(PMBOK Guide)Fourth Edition

Topics for Discussion

PMI Foundational Standards

Harmonization of PMIs Foundational Standards

Top 10 changes from the Third Edition to the
Fourth Edition of the PMBOK Guide

Chapter by Chapter Overview

Impact on Credentialing

PMI published translations

PMI Foundational Standards

Good Practices in
use today in
Projects, Programs,
or Portfolios

Organizational
Best Practices

Harmonization of PMI Standards

Simultaneous roll-out of the following:

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide)Fourth Edition

The Standard for Program ManagementSecond
Edition

The Standard for Portfolio ManagementSecond
Edition

OPM3Second Edition

PMBOK GuideFourth Edition

PMBOK GuideFourth Edition

represents generally recognized
good practice in the profession of
project management.

PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Top Ten

1. All process names are in a verb-noun format

PMBOK Guide
Third Edition

PMBOK Guide
Fourth Edition

Activity Definition
Activity Sequencing
Activity Resource Estimating
Activity Duration Estimating
Schedule Development
Schedule Control

Define Activities
Sequence Activities
Estimate Activity Resources
Estimate Activity Durations
Develop Schedule
Control Schedule

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2. A standard approach to discussing Enterprise

Environmental Factors and Organizational Process
Assets was employed.
Example of the new format:
The following Enterprise Environmental Factors can influence the
[xyz] process:

brief description of how it influences the process

brief description of how it influences the process

brief description of how it influences the process
This is not a complete list, but these factors should be considered
on most projects.

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3. Change requests clarified

Change requests now include:

Change requests
Corrective action
Preventive action
Defect repair

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4. The processes decreased from 44 to 42.

Process Deletions

Develop Preliminary Scope Statement

Plan Scope
Process Additions:

Identify Stakeholders

Collect Requirements
Combined Processes
Plan Purchases and Acquisitions and Plan Contract to Plan
Procurements
Request Seller Responses and Select Sellers to Conduct
Procurements

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5. Project Management Plan vs. Project Documents

Project management plan

Requirements management
plan

Communications
management plan

Risk management plan

Procurement management
plan

Scope management plan

Schedule management plan

ETC.

Project documents

Assumption log
Change log
Risk register
Duration estimates
Resource requirements
Source selection criteria
ETC.

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6. Project Charter vs. Project Scope Statement

Scope Statement

Product scope description

Project deliverables
User acceptance criteria
Project boundaries
Project constraints
Project assumptions

Project Charter

Project purpose or justification

Measurable project objectives and
related success criteria

High-level requirements

High-level project description

Summary milestone schedule

Summary budget

Project approval requirements

Project Manager, responsibility and
authority level

Authorizing person

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Top Ten

7.
8.

Deletion of Process Flow Diagrams

Addition of Data Flow Diagrams

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Top Ten

9. Triple constraint expanded to include quality,

resources and risk
Common project constraints:

Scope

Quality

Schedule

Budget

Resources

Risk
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10.

New appendix on interpersonal skills.

Identified skills:

Leadership
Team building
Motivation
Communication
Influencing
Decision making
Political and cultural awareness
Negotiation

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Managing a project typically includes..

Balancing the competing project constraints
including, but not limited to:

Scope

Quality

Schedule

Budget

Resources

Risk
The specific project will influence the constraints
on which the project manager needs to focus.

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Chapter 2: Project Lifecycles and Organization

Aligned with other standards

A bit more on project life cycles
More detail on types of stakeholders
New graphics

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Chapter 3: Project Management Processes for a Project

New graphic that shows project

management process interactions

New process group graphics with more
emphasis on the integrating processes

Process descriptions and Input/Output
tables only

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Chapter 4: Project Integration Management

Deleted Develop Preliminary Scope

Statement

Clarified Develop Project Management
Plan

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Chapter 5: Project Scope Management

Deleted Plan Scope

Added Collect Requirements

Outputs include:

Requirements management plan

Requirements documentation

Requirements traceability matrix

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Chapter 6: Project Time Management

Deleted Activity on Arrow (AOA)

Three point estimating includes PERT
equation

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Chapter 7: Project Cost Management

Three point estimating includes PERT

equation

Added to-complete performance index
(TCPI) to Control Cost

Greater alignment with 5.5, 6.6 and 7.3

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Chapter 8: Project Quality Management

Added more graphics

More discussion on cost of quality

Deleted quality baseline

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Chapter 9: Project Human Resources Management

Added information on interpersonal skills

Stages of team building

Conflict management
Leadership
Influencing
Decision making

Moved Manage Project Team from

monitoring and controlling to executing

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Chapter 10: Project Communication Management

Added Identify Stakeholders

Outputs include:

Stakeholder register

Stakeholder management strategy

Changed process to Manage Stakeholder

Expectations

Moved from monitoring and controlling to
executing.

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Chapter 11: Project Risk Management

Minor editorial changes.

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Chapter 12: Project Procurement Management

Went from 6 processes to 4 processes

Renamed processes to center around
procurements

Discussed teaming agreements

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Impact on Credentials

PMBOK Guide serves as a professional

reference for all of PMI credentials

The PMBOK GuideFourth Edition will
replace PMBOK GuideThird Edition as a
reference during item writing sessions.

It is estimated only a small percentage of
examination items/questions require
updates.

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Impact on Credentials

Credential

Examination Updated

PMP

30 June 2009

CAPM

31 July 2009

PMI-SPSM

31 August 2009

PMI-RMPSM

31 August 2009

PgMP

31 August 2009

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: Impact on Credentials

Exam

Planned Date to sit

for Examination

Study
recommendation*

PMP

Prior to 30 June 2009

PMBOK Guide
Third Edition

PMP

After 30 June 2009

PMBOK Guide
Fourth Edition

CAPM

Prior to 31 July 2009

PMBOK Guide
Third Edition

CAPM

After 31 July 2009

PMBOK Guide
Fourth Edition

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PMBOK GuideFourth Edition: PMI Published Translations

Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
German
French
Italian

Japanese
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Russian
Spanish
Korean

All translations are scheduled to be published Q2 2009

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Thank you.

Making project management indispensable for business results.

For more information please visit PMIs website at the following hyperlink:
www.PMI.org/StandardsUpdate

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